I think the lions are hungry and opportunistic.

Capstick suggests leopards can be quite the assasins with human prey and apparently can be quite calculating before during and after a kill and when hunted. While the lion may concievably become extinct from exposure/interaction with man the leopard has been successful at selective encounters of the human kind and apparently is in no such danger. Apparently many such maneaters were quite successful.

Meeting either one in the long grass could be extremely unpleassant. I know an african hunter,a podiatrist, who says he was on safari when a tracker went into the long grass to relieve himself with a rifle and never returned.In 20 minutes a search was started and his remains and the rifle was located.A hunt for the leopard was unsuccessful.Kinda gives a new perspective on privacy in the Bush.

So tell me guys- where you gonna pee now??